Senior Consultant - Modernization (Defense), Public Sector Professional Services (AWS)

Senior Consultant - Modernization (Defense), Public Sector Professional Services

The Amazon Web Services Professional Services (ProServe) team is seeking a skilled Sr. Delivery Consultant – Application Modernization, to join our team at Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this role, you'll work closely with customers to design, implement, and manage AWS solutions that meet their technical requirements and business objectives. You'll be a key leader in driving customer success through their cloud journey, providing technical expertise and best practices throughout the project lifecycle.

As a Sr. Delivery Consultant - Application Modernization, you will be proficient in leading the architecture of complex, scalable, and secure solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of each customer. You’ll work closely with stakeholders to gather requirements, assess current applications, and propose effective migration strategies to AWS. As trusted advisors to our customers, providing guidance on industry trends, emerging technologies, and innovative solutions, you will be responsible for leading the implementation process, ensuring adherence to best practices, optimizing performance, and managing risks throughout the project.

The AWS Professional Services organization is a global team of experts that help customers realize their desired business outcomes when using the AWS Cloud. We work together with customer teams to execute enterprise cloud computing initiatives. Our team provides assistance through a collection of offerings which help customers achieve specific outcomes related to enterprise cloud adoption. We also deliver focused guidance through our global specialty practices, which cover a variety of solutions, technologies, and industries.

Key job responsibilities

• Leading the design and implementation of complex, scalable, and secure AWS solutions tailored to customer needs
• Provide technical guidance and troubleshooting support throughout project delivery
• Collaborating with stakeholders to gather requirements and propose effective migration strategies
• Acting as a trusted advisor to customers on industry trends and emerging technologies
• Sharing knowledge within the organization through mentoring, training, and creating reusable artifacts

In this role, you’ll be supporting Canadian public sector projects.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of consulting, design and implementation of serverless distributed solutions experience
• 5+ years of architecting/operating solutions built on any cloud service provider like Azure, AWS, GCP, OCI, etc. experience
• Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure
• Experience leading application architecture/design/modernization projects, including cloud-based solutioning (AWS or equivalent), with AI and automation.
• Ability to obtain Canadian federal security clearance, or valid Secret or Top Secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Professional level certification, or AWS Associate level certification
• Experience communicating technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Experience with IT compliance and risk management requirements (e.g. security, privacy, SOX, HIPAA etc.)
• AWS experience preferred, with proficiency in a wide range of AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, VPC, CloudFormation)
• Experience with automation and scripting (e.g., Terraform, Python)
• Experience leading large-scale software development and modernization initiatives, with deep expertise in multiple programming languages (e.g. Java, Python, C++, JavaScript, Microservices) and Generative AI tools/technologies
• Proven ability to lead software engineering best practices across testing, source control, code reviews, and deployment/release management processes

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company, Amazon's package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP), paid time off, and other resources to improve health and well-being. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.

L'échelle salariale de base pour ce poste est indiquée ci-dessous. En tant qu'entreprise offrant une rémunération globale, Amazon peut inclure d'autres éléments dans son offre, tels que des primes à la signature et des unités d'actions restreintes (UAR). La rémunération finale sera déterminée en fonction de facteurs tels que l'expérience, les qualifications et le lieu de travail. Amazon offre des avantages sociaux complets, notamment une assurance maladie (soins médicaux, dentaires, vision, ordonnance, assurance-vie de base et assurance DMA), un régime enregistré d'épargne-retraite (REER), un régime de participation différée aux bénéfices (RPDB), des congés payés et d'autres ressources visant à améliorer la santé et le bien-être. Nous remercions tous les candidats de leur intérêt, mais seuls ceux retenus pour un entretien seront informés du résultat du processus de recrutement.

CAN, BC, Vancouver - 126,000.00 - 210,400.00 CAD annually

CAN, ON, Ottawa - 126,000.00 - 210,400.00 CAD annually

CAN, QC, Montreal - 126,000.00 - 210,400.00 CAD annually